NHS trusts plan £18m IT refresh
Surrey and Sussex trusts sign deal for new managed service and complete upgrade of all devices
Government to spend up to £20m on ‘border flow’ contract with CIA-backed big data firm Palantir
Deal will see tech company given access to data from a range of government departments
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Software from ACF Technologies was purchased without usual competitive procedures
Public body puts 3D printers to use to produce PPE kit
Historic Environment Scotland manufactures protective gear
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After four years, usage of the government’s flagship vehicle for agile service design support is still predominantly used by Whitehall. PublicTechnology research assesses uptake so far among local government and NHS trusts – and which local public sector entities are leading the way
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MoD seeks £5m secure communications system for military divers
Government shops for encrypted ‘diveable’ solution that enables boats, land personnel, and divers to communicate with each other
Analysis: which departments are seeking digital outcomes?
The Digital Marketplace, and the frameworks it supports, are designed to help Whitehall procure in an agile way. But PublicTechnology finds the frequency and type of usage varies significantly across departments
DfE plans £5m upgrade to digital apprenticeship platform
Department floats contract notice
DWP awards Fujitsu £29m mainframe support one-year contract extension
Department invests in licences to keep legacy tech ticking for another 12 months
Home Office awards £3m integration deal to support replacement of police data systems
London-based IT and consultancy firm Glue Reply nabs two-year contract
Open data system launched to help public sector search the world for coronavirus supplies
Spend Network creates tool allowing departments to search for international suppliers
Foreign Office gets green light for £94m Oracle upgrade
Spend control data shows business case approved for Atlas programme
Government loosens procurement rules to help departments with crisis response
Usual competition processes can be bypassed, Cabinet Office has announced
No intention of ‘watering down’ Cloud First policy, minister claims
GDS review concluded that moving to US-style nomenclature would be ‘confusing’
Sussex NHS trust floats £18m deal for IT refresh and managed service
Organisation seeks to sign partner to five-year deal
Government defeats Tory rebellion in Commons Huawei vote
An amendment that would have guaranteed the removal of the Chinese vendor’s kit by 2023 was not passed
DCMS to examine government data-sharing barriers ahead of programme of ‘radical and transformative change’
Department to explore ‘merits of a mandatory approach’ across Whitehall
‘Take aim, press print’ – military tests 3D-printed explosives
Research unit examines the front-line potential of additive manufacturing
Bidding opens on £2bn G-Cloud 12
Suppliers invited to apply for latest iteration of flagship procurement vehicle – which may the last before it is restructured into more specialised deals
HMRC awards £3.5m deals to move case management into AWS cloud
Tax agency picks two suppliers to deliver ‘infrastructure and technology upgrade'
Government Communication Service to collect and analyse data on public-service radio ads
Cabinet Office seeks supplier to fulfil two-year contract